Art F City Roast Nominees Announced; Online Voting Now Open!

Find out what it’s like to be an Art Fag. We spend our days in the blog mines talking about who’s hot and who’s not, and we want you to do the same! In that spirit, we’ve left one name blank for each Art F City Roast Award, so in addition to our picks, readers have the option of voting on exactly who they deem best fit for our awards. The final winners will be determined by you, the public, and announced at the Art F City Roast at Postmasters, February 17th. Get your tickets now. Voting closes Friday at Midnight, so get your votes in now!

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The Art F City Award for Best Self-Promotion awards people whose extraordinary self-confidence has resulted in extraordinarily inventive use of language, willful self-delusions, or cultish followings.

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What New York neighborhood truly excels in burgeoning coffee shops? How many new restaurants specializing in organ meat and homemade ramen can it support? And most importantly, how many artists have been chased out of their studios by a new start-up that desperately needs room for its ping pong table or an artisanal chocolate factory scraping to make ends meet. The nominees are:

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This year’s group shows were marked by cajones. Which show contained the most pairs?

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Tweezing is for the art world's weaklings.

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This is the Christie’s award, therefore good work will not be rewarded, only steeliness, manliness, and an appeal with blue-chip collectors. Try as you might, the winner has already been decided.